Toeless splice bar



. Sept. 15, 1942.` D. WOOD ToELEss SPLIGE BAR Filed Nov. 9, 1940 2 sheets-sheet 2 Patented Sept. l5, 1.942

UNITED STATES PATENT orricr.

TOELESS SPLICE BAR David Wood, New York, N. Y.

Application November 9, 1940, Serial No. 365,059

(Cl. 23S-222) 1 Claim.

This invention relates 'to toeless splice bars for rail joints.

An object of this invention is to provide splice bars for rail joints of the character described, which shall be easy to apply, and which shall prevent bumpiness at the rail joint.

A further object of this invention is to provide a strong, rugged and durable -splice joint for rails, which shall be relatively inexpensive to manufacture, easy to install, and yet practical and eiiicient to a high degree.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will be exempliiied in the construction hereinafter described, and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the following claim.

In the accompanying drawings, in which is shown various possible illustrative embodiments of this invention:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a rail joint provided with splice bars embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the structure shown in Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional View taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a side elevational View of the splice bar removed from the rail joint;

Fig. 5 is a top plan view, similar to Fig. 1, but illustrating a modified construction; and

Fig. 6 is a side elevational View of the splice bar used in the construction illustrated in Fig. 5.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, I9 and I I designate the meeting ends oi rails spliced together by splice bars I2, embodying the invention. The rails Ill and II are similar and symmetrically disposed. Each has a base portion I4, a web I5 and a rail head I6. Adjacent ends of the rail heads I6 are cut away at the opposite sides of the center, as shown at I8, leaving only the center portion I9 of the rail head invalignment with the web l5. Portions I9 preferably taper toward their outer end-s.

The inner ends of portions I9 and webs I5 of the rails I0 and II are substantially in abutment.

The splice bars I2 are similar and symmetrically disposed. Each has a bottom flange 30 contacting the upper side of the base I4, a web portion 3l extending from the portion 30, and disposed alongside of the web I5. 'Ihe upper edge oi web 3l contacts the underside of the rail head, as at 33.

Extending upwardly from the web 3l of the par I2, is a portion 31 disposed within the cutaway portions I8 of the rail heads I6. The portions I9 of the rail heads I6 are thus disposed between the portions 31 of the splice bars. The web portions 3| of t'he splice bars are formed with openings 49 registering with openings 4I in the webs of the rails to receive through bolts 42 for attaching the splice bars to the rails I0 and II.

The inner surfaces of portions 31 are preferably inclined upwardly and inwardly, as shown at 46, in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

In Figs. 5 and 6, there are rails Ia and lia. Rail lila is of uniform cross-section throughout. Rail IIa is similar to rail II. To attach the rails Ia and Ila., there is provided iish or splice bars I2a, similar to the bars I2, with the exception that said splice bars are provided with upward projections 31a., half the length of the projections 31, or equal substantially to the length of portion I9a. of the rail head of the rail IIa.

It will be noted that portions 31 and 3io.k of the bars I2 and I2a have upper and outer surfaces registering with the head of the rail.

It will be furthermore noted that the projections 31 and 31a are disposed at intermediate portions of the splice bars I2 and I2a, respectively.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which the several objects of this inventio'n are achieved, and which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiments above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawings is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

In combination, two abutting rails, one of said rails having a head tapered to form a recess at each side of the rails, said recessed portion having side walls tapering toward the top of the rail, two splice members, each having a bottom flange, an upwardly extending web portion and a portion at the upper edge of the web portion intermediate the ends of the member, said inter- -mediate portion being `complementary in shape with said recessed portion, the bottom flange of each splice bar resting on the base portion of the rail and the web `portion abutting the underside of the head of the rail, an intermediate portion iitting into a recess, and means for securing said splice bars to the rails.

DAVID WOOD, 

